Analysis of transitive RNA silencing after grafting in transgenic plants with the coat protein gene of Sweet potato feathery mottle virus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-47

  Haque, A K M N ^a   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^b,c   Sonoda, Shoji ^b,d   Nishiguchi, Masamichi ^a,b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c WAKASA WAN ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coat protein gene (CP); Grafting; Nicotiana benthamiana; Post transcriptional gene silencing; RNA silencing; siRNA; Sweet potato feathery mottle virus

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN GENE (CP); NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; RNA SILENCING; SIRNA; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS;

GENES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

RNA;

CAPSID PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POTYVIRUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; SWEET POTATO; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CAPSID PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POTYVIRUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TOBACCO;

GRAFTS; MOTTLE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA; SWEET POTATO FEATHERY MOTTLE VIRUS;

EID: 33845643721     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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